CLOSE INVOICE FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£63M
+21.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£29M
+80.2% vs 2024
Employees
220
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£40M
-6.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CLOSE INVOICE FINANCE LIMITED 1994-01-01 → present
- CENTURY LIMITED 1991-06-01 → 1994-01-01
- CENTURY FACTORS LIMITED 1968-07-24 → 1991-06-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £139,953,492 | £141,594,983 | |
| Operating profit | £42,764,338 | £39,867,382 | |
| Profit before tax | £42,764,338 | £39,867,382 | |
| Net profit | £31,751,645 | £29,707,991 | |
| Cash | £51,574,610 | £62,505,425 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,168,799 | £33,034,380 | |
| Net assets | £16,041,494 | £28,908,346 | |
| Equity | £16,041,494 | £28,908,346 | |
| Average employees | 220 | 220 | |
| Wages | £14,725,870 | £14,473,086 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 30.6% | 28.2% | |
| Net margin | 22.7% | 21.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 212.0% | 120.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.6% | 97.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.02x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In conclusion, the directors have determined that there is no material uncertainty that casts doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Annual Report and Financial Statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Jacqueline Mary | Director | 2015-01-21 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MAY, George Dylan | Director | 2021-03-17 | Nov 1982 | British |
| MCAREAVEY, Ciaran Gerard | Director | 2016-05-17 | Jan 1968 | British |
| PARKINSON, Fiona Jane | Director | 2021-03-17 | Sep 1977 | British |
| ROPER, Matthew | Director | 2021-05-20 | Jun 1980 | South African |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Victoria Ann | Secretary | 2015-02-18 | 2018-12-28 |
| PREEN, Jann Christopher | Secretary | 1997-10-31 | 2000-03-21 |
| ROGERS, Susan Jane | Secretary | — | 1997-10-31 |
| TYLER, Matthew Brian | Secretary | 2012-02-14 | 2015-02-18 |
| WEBSTER, Margaret Miller | Secretary | 2000-03-21 | 2012-02-16 |
| BLAND, Leslie Martin | Director | — | 2004-07-31 |
| COOK, Simon Mark | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2007-08-06 |
| CURRY, Andrew | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Neil Geoffrey | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2023-07-31 |
| FLYNN, Peter Vernon | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2010-05-13 |
| FREWER, Rachelle Ann | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2016-11-16 |
| GOLDEN, Robert Charles | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2009-12-17 |
| GOULD, Clive Robin | Director | 2015-01-21 | 2017-02-03 |
| HARPER, James Peter | Director | 1996-11-19 | 2003-01-31 |
| HARRIS, Robert Peter | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2014-12-16 |
| HODGES, Stephen Richard | Director | 1998-03-24 | 2010-09-01 |
| KENT, Roderick David | Director | — | 2002-10-31 |
| MCNAMARA, Mary Jane | Director | 2011-06-15 | 2013-07-31 |
| NEWSOME, Lawrence Paul | Director | — | 1996-03-01 |
| PARKINSON, Harry David | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2014-12-19 |
| PRICE, Nicholas John | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2015-07-06 |
| SAINSBURY, Adrian John | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2020-09-21 |
| SEYMOUR, Jane Sarah | Director | 1995-12-21 | 2005-07-31 |
| SOOKNAH, Megduth | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2025-10-31 |
| STEWARD, Ian Michael | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2021-06-17 |
| STONE, Peter John | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| THOMSON, David Peter | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2021-07-23 |
| WALKER, Ralph Anthony | Director | 1994-03-23 | 2000-12-31 |
| WEBSTER, Margaret Miller | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2009-02-20 |
| WINKWORTH, Peter Leslie | Director | — | 1995-11-20 |
| YATES, John Michael | Director | — | 1995-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Brothers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+1.2%
£139,953,492 £141,594,983
-
Cash
+21.2%
£51,574,610 £62,505,425
-
Net assets
+80.2%
£16,041,494 £28,908,346
-
Employees
0%
220 220
-
Operating profit
-6.8%
£42,764,338 £39,867,382
-
Profit before tax
-6.8%
£42,764,338 £39,867,382
-
Wages
-1.7%
£14,725,870 £14,473,086
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers